The Colonies [Cattails RP] {Open & Accepting!}

[eco]

OPEN AND ACCEPTING! Please read the rules

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Cats pass away and colonies move on. Society between the colonies has barely evolved even after all these years- territory disputes still run rampant, and cats lives are taken every day. Hostility grows each festival. Seasons continue to pass, and the colonies have not come to a compromise. Will they unite in peace, or will one of the greatest wars the colonies has ever seen ensue? The choices you make could fix or destroy everything.

The roleplay starts on the first day of Summer, year one (of the rp), where the cats are preparing for the searing heat and abundance of herbs and prey. However, few are looking forward to the annual festival. Rumors are spreading like wildfire, and this rumor is no different: will the festivals be cancelled forever this year? Along with that, it seems the cats have something else to worry about: illness! Apparently, a few cats have been infected with a strange sickness. Not the usual things like colds this time, but one that kills slowly and spreads quickly. It's one of the deadliest the doctors have ever seen, but can the doctors find who is infected before it is too late? More importantly.. will they find the cure and survive? Between border battles and this mysterious illness, the future seems grim. Things are going downhill fast for the colonies. Will they be able to save themselves, or will they continue to spiral down this dark path?

Disclaimer: this RP is based almost completely on the game. I tried to make it stay as true to the game as possible. So some things may appear specific. However, some things I may have had to change, or some things may not be completely accurate.

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🔹️RULES🔹️

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1. Follow Cattails' rules.
2. First come, first serve.
3. Do not put official Cattails' NPCs as your crushes/friends/mates/etc, as they do not exist in this RP. Also, this will save trouble with people wanting the same NPC cat as their mate and such.
4. Ask for permission before introducing serious conflict/plot within the RP, such as a full blown war, or something like a wolf pack attack.
5. Ask for permission to kill before killing someone's character.
6. No Mary Sues (characters with no flaws whatsoever)
7. Don't God mode (control others' characters when not allowed to) or power play (be overpowered)
8. No cats with the Rainbow, Ghost, or Guardian pelt (sorry, I like those pelts a LOT as well), because that is just getting too crazy. Other colorful pelts will be tolerated, however.
9. Out of respect for others, please do not go in detail about sensitive topics within your backstory (physical/emotional abuse, murder, suicide, mental illnesses etc) But, mentioning them is ok. Going in detail with most of these topics will likely break rule 1 as well, and in turn Cattails' rules. Put "The universe exists" in Other in your form.
10. Try to keep OOC in PMs if it's long or may induce a long conversation.
11. Only 2 cats per colony may have the Diplomacy skill. If one goes inactive, someone else is allowed to have it until they come back, or if they are possibly removed.
12. The only active skills allowed are Diplomacy, Wild Slash, Deep Cuts, and Mortal Wound (needs permission to use on someone, as per rule 5). This is because they're essentially the only skills that might make sense in RP. Diplomacy has a 2-cat limit per colony. You can treat all but Diplomacy like 'battle moves' if you wish. As for Diplomacy, you can pretend its like "marking territory" a lot.
13. Every cat must start the RP in their den in their colony's capital. This is just to be fair. Later, they can pull an all-nighter, sleep elsewhere, etc, but of course don't be all "no sleep literally every day" or "always not sleeping in their den".

🐾Colonies🐾
ℹ Each colony starts with 15 territories (locked territories included). This number be may expanded/lessened as time goes on. Read Territories for more info. Credit to the Cattails wiki for the shield images (and in turn Falcon & Beka for creating the game in the first place.. ). Spoilerception ahead.

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Forest Colony:

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Leader: open 0/1
Shopkeeper: Closed 1/1 - eco 's character Eco
Doctor: open 0/1
Guard: open 0/1
Resident: always open 0/∞
Territory: 🔒The Forest Colony, 🔒Forest West, Abandonded Cottage, The Fairywood, Forest Central, Woodland Corner, Forest East, Western Field, Woodland Eyot, Riverspan, Fallen Giant, Forest South, Forest Southeast, Flower Plains, Forest Lake

The Mountain Domain:

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Leader: open 0/1
Shopkeeper: open 0/1
Doctor: open 0/1
Guard: open 0/1
Resident: always open 0/∞
Territory: 🔒The Mountain Domain, 🔒Sentinel Woods, Highland Northwest, North Plains, Cairn Grove, Graveyard, River Corner, River Loop, Lone Sentinel, Highland West, Highland North, Highland Lake, Highland Central, Highland East, Oak Wood

Mystic Colony:

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Leader: open 0/1
Shopkeeper: open 0/1
Doctor: open 0/1
Guard: open 0/1
Resident: always open 0/∞
Territory: 🔒The Mystic Colony, 🔒Sunken Stones, Swamp Border West, Swamp Border east, Wetland Bog, Swamp East, Weepingroot, Swamp Lakes, Swamp Cliffs, Swamp Corner, Swamp South, Wetland Outskirts, Prairie South, Prairie Border South, Wetland Source

❔Custom Colony: (not customized yet)

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ℹ Note: the leader may choose the aspects of the colony once they are accepted.
Leader: open 0/1
Shopkeeper: open 0/1
Doctor: open 0/1
Guard: open 0/1
Resident: always open 0/∞
Territory: The leader may only claim up to 15 upon customization, the capital also counts as a territory.

🌵🌴 Territories🌲🌾

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ℹ Each colony can start claiming territories once the RP starts. You can completely get a territory in the rp by using Diplomacy twice (10 post wait time in between uses, or get 2 cats to do it.) Or, by using 15 lavender. 5 - 10 lavender will spawn every in-rp day, at 6 am except during Winter, in some of the various spots it spawns in the actual game. Alternatively, territory can be claimed by winning a battle there. In the actual game it would take more to claim a territory, but because it would take so long in a fair RP, I lessened some of the numbers. Mixes of each can also be used, just pm me and I'll approve/disapprove.

KEY- blue text = The Mountain Domain, green text = The Forest Colony, magenta text = The Mystic Colony, grey text = Custom Colony, black text = unclaimed/disputed territory, 🔒 = Locked. Power cannot be changed here, ⭐ = capital

Shady Corner	Walking Trail	Graveyard	Cairn Grove	North Plains	⭐The Mountain Domain 🔒	Sentinel Woods 🔒	Highland Northwest	Highland North	Highland Lake
Canyon Plains	Canyon Prairie	Canyon Cliffs	Oak Wood	River Corner	River Loop	Lone Sentinel	Highland West	Highland Central	Highland East
Canyon Ruins	Canyon Mesas	Canyon Creek	Tomb Creek	River Bend	Central Field	Blossom Lake	Highland Corner	Highland South	Highland Southeast
Flower Plains	Forest Lake	Forest Eaves	Forest North	Forest Outskirts	Central Lake	Central Bend	Prairie North	Prairie Copse	Prairie Border North
Western Field	Abandoned Cottage	The Fairywood	Forest East	Woodland Eyot	Hallowed Garden	River Central	Prairie West	Prairie Quarry	Prairie Border Center
Forest West 🔒	⭐The Forest Colony 🔒	Forest Central	Woodland Corner	Riverspan	Sacred Temple 🔒	River Islet	Prairie Corner	Prairie South	Prairie Border South
Fallen Giant	Forest South	Forest Southeast	Rushing Rocks	South Woodland	Orchard	Wetland Source	Swamp Border West	Sunken Stones 🔒	Swamp Border East
Rumbling Stones West	Rumbling Stones Central	Rumbling Stones Bridge	Rumbling Stones East	Rumbling Corner	South Moor	Wetland Border Northwest	Wetland Bog	⭐The Mystic Colony 🔒	Swamp East
Overstones West	Overstones Central	Delta	Overstones East	Rumbling Stones South	Mossy Field	Wetland Border West	Weepingroot	Swamp Lakes	Swamp Cliffs
Beach West	Beach Central	Rivermouth	Beach East	Rumbling Overpass	Southern Cliffs	Wetland Border Southwest	Wetland Outskirts	Swamp South	Swamp Corner

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ℹ Key: Time | Season | Day | Year | Weather 🌴 = Summer, 🍂 = Autumn, ⛄ = Winter, 🌸 = Spring.
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It is early morning, 6:00 AM. Summer 1, year 1. It is sunny and 64°F outside, or approximately 18°C.

💐Forms💐
ℹ Please remove text within parentheses when writing your form. Lines marked with an asterisk AKA * are required. Lines without them may be removed if not filled out. Copy and paste the form into Quick Reply, or copy and paste into the BBcode section then switch to Preview mode if you like with the normal reply.

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[font face="times new roman"][font size="3"][/font][/font][/spoiler][font size="3" face="times new roman"]*Appearance[/font] (preferably in-game picture or art- but a desc or "real life" pic works):
[font face="times new roman"][font size="3"]*Name[/font][/font]:
[font face="times new roman"][font size="3"]*Gender[/font][/font]:
[font face="times new roman"][font size="3"]*Colony[/font][/font]:
[font face="times new roman"][font size="3"]*Rank[/font][/font] (leader, shopkeeper, doctor, guard, or resident):
[font face="times new roman"][font size="3"]*Personality[/font][/font]:
[font face="times new roman"][font size="3"]*Passive skills[/font][/font] (hunting, fighting, swimming, foraging. You have 20 "points", just pretend every upgrade is 1 point. You can invest them as you please. Like the game, each passive skill is upgradeable to 10. You can't gain more later in order to prevent OP cats): 🥩Hunting: ?/10, 🏹Fighting: ?/10, 🌊Swimming: ?/10, 🌿Foraging: ?/10
[font face="times new roman"][font size="3"]*Active skills[/font][/font] (2 maximum in this RP):
[font face="times new roman"][font size="3"]Backstory[/font][/font]:
[font face="times new roman"][font size="3"]Favorite[/font][/font] (items):
[font face="times new roman"][font size="3"]Loves[/font][/font] (items):
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[font face="times new roman"][font size="3"]Neutral [/font][/font](items):
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[font face="times new roman"][font size="3"]Den appearance[/font][/font] (short description of the inside, a picture may be attached):
[font face="times new roman"][font size="3"]Romantic interests[/font][/font] (Already have someone in mind? Open to planning? Not interested atm?):
[font face="times new roman"][font size="3"]Other[/font][/font]:

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If you have ideas on how to improve this RP, PM me about it! I know it probably seems pretty complicated at first, so I wanna change that.

My form:

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*Appearance: 
*Name: Eco
*Gender: Female
*Colony: Forest Colony
*Rank: Shopkeeper
*Personality: Eco is a cordial and open minded cat, and is loyal to her friends. However, she is often blunt as well, and may unintentionally offend others, or other times just say what needs to be said. Furthermore, Eco is a panicky cat, and is scared easily. But, her biggest weakness is that she is often naive. She's also oblivious to others' shortcomings, and trusts other cats quite easily. In other words, Eco is cat that's really easy to emotionally manipulate.
*Passive skills: 🥩Hunting: 10/10, 🏹Fighting: 1/10, 🌊Swimming: 2/10, 🌿Foraging: 7/10
*Active skills: Deep Cuts & Diplomacy
Favorite: Catfish, Catnip, Turtle Shell, Conch, Diamond, Northern Emerald
Loves: Turtle Meat, Mackarel, Bass, Emerald, Topaz, Ruby, Sapphire, Black Hare
Likes: Toad,  Frog, Trout, Salmon, Sea Bass, All Squirrels, Rabbit, White Firefly, Rare & Uncommon dragonflies, Scallop, Marigold, Lavender
Neutral: All mice, lesser dragonflies, All Ladybugs, All butterflies, Yellow Firefly, Green Firefly, Red Firefly, Crow, Goldenseal
Dislikes: Black Firefly, Rock Debris, Gold Ore, Iron Ore, Valerian, Snake Lily
Hates: Dove, Bluejay, Cardinal
Den appearance: Eco's den. Various herbs line the walls until they loop back at the bed. The loops are filled with various items.
Romantic interests: If anyone wants to plan something, sure.
Other: Of course, I accept myself... as the creator of the RP..

[smookiecookie]

*Appearance: (Oof, won't let me attach any picture so I'll just describe her unless you want me to pm you a picture) Light golden with darker golden and white spots on her face and haunches. White tail tip with a pink stripe and thicker golden stripe after the pink. White paws, a pink stripe and a thicker golden stripe after it. White chest, muzzle and stomach along with golden ears and blue eyes. She also has a pink heart on her chest
*Name: Apricot
*Gender: Female
*Colony: Mountain Colony
*Rank: Doctor 
*Personality: Apricot is a kind yet short tempered cat. She's also caring, moody at times, sassy and sweet. She can be a bit jumpy and playful as well
*Passive skills: 🥩Hunting: 3/10, 🏹Fighting: 2/10, 🌊Swimming: 10/10, 🌿Foraging: 5/10
*Active skills: Heal allies and bug bait
Backstory: Idk, I'm still developing it
Favorite (items): Conch, blackberry, turtle shell, sapphire, blue jay, catfish, iridescent butterfly, lunar butterfly, black firefly, banded darter, diamond
Loves (items): Winter blueberry, raspberry, lavender, catnip, cardinal, harvest mouse, rabbit, bass, tropical butterfly, yellow firefly, northern emerald, emerald, ruby, vial of spring showers
Likes (items): White firefly, turtle meat, black hare, salmon, marigold, crow, dove, field mouse, mackerel, blue ladybug, tiger butterfly, emperor butterfly, red rose, bubble wand
Neutral (items): Licorice root, goldenseal, gray squirrel, snake lily, gray mouse, brown squirrel, trout, red ladybug, yellow ladybug, azure butterfly, topaz, confetti bag
Dislikes (items): Frog, sea bass, painted butterfly, red firefly, green firefly, brown hawker, rock debris, gold ore
Hates (items): Toad, glow potion, orange ladybugs, southern damselfly, iron ore, black rose
Den appearance: She has different piles for different items, herbs, bugs, prey, gems/valued items, etc. Her bed is made of moss with feathers, shells and fireflies strewn about. Her den smells strongly of herbs and berries, a few moss beds in front of her den entrance along with a few herbs.
Romantic interests: Anything, I'm open to planning or just developing a relationship within rp
Other: Wears a collar with a bell

[Shadowblack]

So I have a question... can colony’s be destroyed?

[Goldenkitty9]

Can a guest join if they are too young to make an account?

appearance:plain grey(the one you start with),blue eyes
name:Mouse
gender:female
colony:forest colony
rank:resident/leader(only if its needed, I rather be an ordinary member but I'm fine with handling leadership)
personality:emotionally unstable,some can earn her trust quickly while others never do.it is usually worth taking the challenge tho:when she fully trusts you and will not be so shy around you, she can be the best friend to ever exist or even more. strangely, if you don't have something too bad about you, being a warm-colored tabby can help you befriend her.
passive skills(I'm on CP so no emojis):hunting 10/10 fighting 0/10 swimming 7/10 foraging 0/10
active skills:sprint(can speed up to be almost as fast as a cheetah for a short amount of time, then needs to rest and regain energy to do it again.)
backstory:she escaped her home because she was attracted by the wild. like if the forest called for her. naturally talented hunter, hunting didn't require much training. slightly above the average in swimming from birth too. always has liked water(rare in cats, but not impossible), but once almost drowned trying to catch a fish. more careful since then.
favorite:fishies(any)
loves:birds(any)
likes:bugs.ALL bugs.
neutral:all not listed anywhere else I guess? I'm too lazy.
dislikes:licorice root, valerian, all berries, anything cave-related(like gems, rock debris, and such)
hates:nothing. there is nothing she has less than 0 appreciation for.
den appearance:stocked with super filled boxes with catnip, goldenseal, snake ivy, and mice in them. everything seems to be sorted though. on the side you can see a part of her garden where snake ivy, goldenseal, and catnip grows.
romantic interests:doesn't have a crush on anyone. the only cats she doesn't treat like writers treat background characters in books are the leaders, she looks at them like her bosses or something(idk how to edit so this may become untrue sometime)
other:fun fact:she is heavily based on my actual cattails main save cat.

[Goldenkitty9]

it can be strange, also how she can ignore AND love/hate/fear a cat at the same time, but that's what she is supposed to be. the strange cat.

[Artificial Radiance]

*Appearance: Uses the Pumpkin Pelt and has teal eyes, wears the red scarf as well
*Name: Sparks
*Gender: Nonbinary
*Colony: Mystic
*Rank: Doctor
*Personality: Sparks is an odd cat that speaks quite rarely to newcomers. Despite this, they're quite friendly, and greet others with a smile. If you wrong them, however, the silence is deafening, and that smile will end up a bit more forced. They can hold grudges for quite a time, though they'll be the one feeling guilty about it.
*Passive skills: 🥩Hunting: 3/10, 🏹Fighting: 5/10, 🌊Swimming: 6/10, 🌿Foraging: 6/10
*Active skills: Diplomacy
Favorite: Food: Crow, Winter Blueberries | Herbs: Catnip | Bugs: Azure Butterfly, Black Firefly | Misc: Saphire
Loves: Food: All Squirrels, Bluejay | Herbs: Lavender, Snake Lily | Bugs: Blue Ladybug, Lesser Fireflies | Misc: Diamond, Turtle Shell, Conch
Likes : Food: All Mice, Black Hare, Cardinal, Raspberries | Herbs: Valerian, Marigold | Bugs: Lesser Ladybugs, Lesser Butterflies | Misc: Lesser Gemstones
Neutral : Food: Rabbit, Dove, Blackberries | Herbs: Goldenseal, Licorice Root | Bugs: All Dragonflies | Misc: Scallop
Dislikes : Food: Turtle Meat | Herbs: - | Bugs: - | Misc: All Ores
Hates : Food: Frog, Toad, All fish | Herbs: - | Bugs: - | Misc: Rock Debris
Den appearance: Sparks's Den. Inside it smells strongly of herbs and spices, and it's well lit by fireflies.
Romantic interests: Nope, not interested at the moment
Other: did you know: the universe exists?

[otterbird]

*Appearance:


A white-splotched dark tortoiseshell tom, powerfully built and muscled with square features and a deep, crackling voice. 
*Name:
Rime
*Gender:
Male
*Colony:
Mountain Domain
*Rank: Guard
*Personality:
Brave, Humorous, Encouraging, Curious, Compassionate, Stubborn, Clingy, Self-Destructive, Nosy
*Passive skills: 🥩Hunting: 2/10, 🏹Fighting: 10/10, 🌊Swimming: 8/10, 🌿Foraging: 0/10

*Active skills: Deep Cuts, Shield

Backstory:
He always lived in the mountains, and fought for his colony. Early years were spent out on the field, but he was not the fastest cat on the border disputes, and usually came up in the rear, posing as a bulwark in case the other cats needed to retreat for a breather from the onslaught of attack. His strength and sturdiness grew, until eventually it was decided he would better work as a guard. Now, he patrols the colony den territory against invaders and internal trouble, and it's rare to not see his tortoiseshell coat trotting good-naturedly through the rocky land.
Favorite:
Lunar Butterfly, All Fireflies
Loves:
Raspberries, Black Rabbit, Blue Jay, Cardinal, Emerald
Likes :
Gold Ore, Topaz, Rabbit, Dove, Valerian, Turtle Shell
Neutral :
Rock Debris, All Fish, Bugs, Lavender, Marigold, Goldenseal
Dislikes :
Scallop, Conch, Frog, Toad, Diamond
Hates :
Catnip, Ruby, All Mice
Den appearance:
Little more than a jagged crack in the wall, it has a lot of ups and downs, thin ledges and outcrops with one small portion smooth enough for sleeping. It's comfortable enough for him, even if it looks like a scar cut through the mountain.
Romantic interests:
Open to planning, earn through RP.
Other: This is a well built thread, I'm curious to see where it goes. I like to post fairly big and explore story and character development!